The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reiterated his commitment to a new Nigeria if elected in Saturday’s keenly contested election. Commemorating the end of campaigns in accordance with the electoral law, Obi penned his final message to his supporters on Thursday, promising that he and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, would […]
A pregnant woman charged with murder and jailed in Florida wants out of prison on the grounds that her unborn baby is innocent and “held unlawfully,” a lawyer said on Thursday. “The child didn’t have a seat at the table when the decision to incarcerate the mother was made,” lawyer William Norris told AFP. […]
Friday 24 February 2023 Alleged crime: How Finnish police grilled, released pro-Biafran agitator, Ekpa Pre-election violence: Military, others begin raids on hoodlums’ hideouts Awkuzu slaughter slab harbours #EndSARS ghost, remains abode of horror Pregnant US inmate seeks release, says unborn baby innocent Troops arrest mastermind of Abuja-Kuduna train attack Kano boils, 60 arrested, 3 vehicles […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has taken possession of a “substantial part” of the cash it requested of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) amid the naira scarcity. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, confirmed receipt of the funds on Thursday during a press conference in Abuja on the commission’s activities […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has ordered the closure of the country’s borders throughout Saturday for the presidential and National Assembly elections. The Comptroller General, NIS, Isah Jere Idris, gave the directive to command comptrollers across the country in a circular made available to Channels Television on Thursday. The circular titled ‘Border Closure for […]
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu, says he will not be working against the senatorial ambition of Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom. Ortom is the PDP candidate for the Benue North-West senatorial district in the 2023 elections. Alongside four other governors who make up the G5, Ortom […]
Maj.-Gen. Aminu Chinade, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division Nigerian Army, has assured South-East residents of adequate security before, during and after the general election. Chinade warned trouble-makers to steer clear of the zone, as the Nigeria Army was “highly prepared and motivated to give them a bloody nose”. The GOC gave the […]
Insecurity challenges in the country which continued after 2022 may worsen poverty and high unemployment rate in 2023, according to a report by Augusto&Co, a research, credit ratings and risk management firm. The firm said in its report titled ‘2023 outlook: Nigeria, a nation on the precipice’ that, “In addition, Nigeria’s insecurity challenge will […]
A US judge on Thursday handed disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison term for child pornography and other charges, but he will serve most of it simultaneously with a previous sentence. Kelly, 56, is already serving a 30-year sentence he received after a Brooklyn jury in a separate federal trial convicted him […]
Power distribution companies have stepped up the quantum of electricity load allocation that they receive and distribute to consumers across the country, as the latest data from the Federal Government showed a reduction in the amount of unutilised energy by the Discos. Data released on Thursday by the Federal Government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria […]
